The Hemiola - Newsletter of the Philadelphia Recorder Society
PRS is celebrating our 62nd year as a Chapter of the American Recorder Society
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Saturday morning, December 17, 2016
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The playing session: Please note the new registration time of 9:45. This will streamline attendance-taking so that playing can begin at 10:00 AM sharp. PRS secretary Perry Watts will check in members, welcome first- time visitors, and collect the $10 fee from repeat visitors.
We play until noon in Classroom 2 (our usual space) at Cathedral Village. Visitors are welcome. In most months during our year, we meet on the third Saturday.
See location and directions at PhiladelphiaRecorderSociety.org/directions.php
For information about membership and about visitors' fees after the initial free visit, see PhiladelphiaRecorderSociety.org/membership.php
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From Music Director Rainer Beckmann:
Dear Fellow Recorder Players and Early Music Enthusiasts,
With this month's "Light in Darkness" playlist, we will continue our November-December project of prominently adding to our mix of recorders both "big" bass recorders and other instruments lower than the regular bass recorder.
"Light in Darkness" is modeled after last year's successful "A Holiday Celebration" playlist. Instrumental and vocal compositions by Jewish Baroque composer Salomone Rossi are combined with 16th century Advent and Christmas motets by Cristóbal de Morales and Orlando de Lasso. As in December last year, a double-choir piece by Hieronymus Praetorius concludes the list.
I am well aware that some of you enjoy listening to recordings of the pieces on our playlists before a meeting. As a special Holiday token, I have this time included a list of links to recordings available on the internet that I personally find inspiring.
Please note that the recorders in my instrumentations of the playlist pieces do not always correlate with the instruments indicated on the respective scores or parts! Please mark your music according to my playlist instrumentations.
With warm regards and my best wishes for a Holiday Season that is full of light,
Rainer Beckmann
PRS Playlist December 17, 2016
LIGHT in DARKNESS
1. Sinfonia grave (1607), Salomone Rossi (1570 - 1630) T(A)TBgBcB 2. Gagliarda detta la Narciso (1607), Rossi SSATB & TTBgBcB 3. Yitgadal veyitkadash (1622), Rossi SAATB & TBBgBcB 4. Ego flos campi, Jacob Clemens non Papa (ca. 1510/15 - 1555/56) T(A)TBgBgBcBcB 5. Ecce virgo concipiet, Cristóbal de Morales (1500 - 1553) A(S)ATB 6. Angelus ad pastores ait (1562), Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594) SATTB 7. Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (1622), Hieronymus Praetorius (1560 - 1629) Choir 1: SSAA & TTBB - Choir 2: TTBB & gBgBcBcB
Playlist Recordings
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNzfqtg3m9Q 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM3KNPXZPsI -- Gagliarda starts at 1:29 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAJXZTGc56A 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIEih20lZkE 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or06zetNzSc 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_vFC-Gy54Q 7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e91xNnxMYc
Newcomers and friends will find printed copies at the meeting. Links to printable sheet music are available in the password-protected Members Area. The newsletter that contains the username and password is sent only to PRS members who renewed for 2016-2017.
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Remember to sign up for the Really Roaring Recorder Rally at Music- [email protected]
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Welcome new PRS president Bill Bowie! Bill will lead the transition team offering leadership for 2016-2017. Thank you for your service, Bill. Our long-time former president Sarah West has had to step down due to a health problem. Sarah, we have appreciated your valuable guidance through many years of playing sessions, annual workshops, problems, pleasures, decisions, and overall sterling leadership. We look forward to seeing you as often as possible in our myriad PRS activities.
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Photographer(s) sought: Do you love to take digital photos? Then we have a place for you.
We would like to have current pictures of activities and consorts on our website. In our Members' Directory, we would like to have recent pictures for each of the members as well. All we need is the photographer. Perhaps YOU are the avid photographer amongst us, and we want to hear from you. Please email John Gangwisch at [email protected] to offer your assistance.
You are welcome to send your own selfie or favorite photo for your Directory photo. Email your pic to [email protected] with the subject-line "PRS Directory photo." Please feel free to send your own photos of your ensembles and performances. Our webmaster Don Arrowsmith has offered to crop and edit all photos that are emailed to him for any page of the website.
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PRS member Jane Allison sends this announcement with her comment, "I would love to do it, hopefully with others from PRS":
March 21, 2017, is Johann Sebastian Bach's 332nd birthday. To celebrate his work and create music for commuters, musicians around the world are sharing his music by performing in subways, public spaces, and concerts. The Bach in the Subways (BitS) event has grown to include numerous cities around the world. Until now, Philadelphia has not been represented. BitS Philadelphia is looking for individuals and ensembles, young and old, to participate in the first Bach in the Subways event here.
Performers must agree to the following: Play J.S. Bach any time, anywhere between 12:00 AM on Saturday, March 18, and 11:59 PM on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Make sure my performance is open & accessible to all – a musical gift for anyone who wants to hear it. Charge no admission fee, nor accept any money, nor conduct any other commercial transaction immediately before, during, or after my performance. Never charge any other musicians to join me. Perform inside SEPTA, PATCO, and Amtrak.
To play inside a SEPTA transit station, you need a SEPTA Performance Permit. Applications and instructions can be found on the Bach in the Subways/Philadelphia link mentioned above. You can also visit SEPTA's website, www.septa.org/policy/perform.html or call 215-580-7643. Mention "Bach in the Subways."
For more details, visit www.bachinthesubways.org/philadelphia or contact local BitS coordinator, Jim Pavlock, [email protected]
Thank you, Jane!
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More Free Recorder Music from Stephen Arndt
Hello PRS,
You may remember that I wrote a couple of years ago about my “One-Part Inventions” for solo alto recorder. I have now composed and recorded a second set of twenty-one pieces for solo tenor (or soprano) recorder. They should be pretty well within the range of the intermediate player.
I would like to make the scores of the pieces available free of charge to my fellow recorder players. Both the recordings and the scores are available on my website: www.verseandsong.com/song/recorder/one-part- inventions-for-tenor-recorder/ (You can still find the earlier collection here: www.verseandsong.com/song/recorder/one-part-inventions-2/.) In addition, there is a still-image video on YouTube to accompany the audio recordings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du-WWPH9nmg (and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtY8YRxIFn4 for the earlier collection).
You can listen to an individual piece by clicking on its title or to all the pieces successively by using the playlist at the top of the page. Similarly, you can download an individual score or the entire collection.
I would appreciate it if you would share this information with the members of your chapter and anyone else you think might be interested. Please feel free to leave a comment on my website or YouTube pages and to invite others to do so as well. I look forward to any and all feedback.
Best regards and Happy Holidays,
Stephen Arndt
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PRS Membership: Membership in PRS is open to everyone. Annual dues are $45 (or $80 for two persons sharing a household). Our year runs from September through June and includes ten playing sessions and abundant friendship, inspiration, and harmony. A first visit is free; subsequent visits are $10.00 each until membership status is achieved.
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American Recorder Society: Many of our PRS members belong to ARS, our "recorder community" across the world, and would be happy to tell you the benefits. Meanwhile, check it out: http://mms.americanrecorder.org
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2016-2017 -- Please mark your calendar ;)
January 21, 2017 Playing session February 18, 2017 Playing session March 18, 2017 Playing session - Really Roaring Recorder Rally for Play-the-Recorder Month April 15, 2017 Playing session May 20, 2017 Playing session - Recorder Compositions by Members and Local Composers June 17, 2017 Consort Day July 15, 2017 Playing Session Makeup (if needed due to weather)
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Sometimes our PRS message lands in your SPAM mailbox. Our Webmaster has posted some suggestions at PhiladelphiaRecorderSociety.org/mailinglist.php.
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Hemiola, the PRS newsletter, is distributed the weekend before a playing session. If you think you may not have received the newsletter, check your Spam folder. Also, check our website: PhiladelphiaRecorderSociety.org. Rainer's message and playlist will have been posted on the homepage.
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